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April 2003

pictures from ibl bildbyrå snabb och personlig, svenska utländska digitala bilder

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Fiancee'? I read that Corrine was his girlfriend. :huh:

Sorry, Clothide

I read in some of the photos "girlfriend" and in others "fiancee". I cannot imagine that they are engaged as she has appeared sans a top in a couple of photos. :huh: :blink: :shock:

Well, on his official site (yes, he has one :rolleyes: ) there is nothing mentioned about a fiancee.

Emanuele Filiberto's Offical Site in Italian

I copyed he text from IBL

I think it´s girlfriend

Not a problem. Sometimes these news agencies like to make more out of something than there really is. ;)

Is it me, or does he look a little awkward in suits?

I agree with you Fireweaver! He definitely looks much more comfortable wearing casual dress! :P

Thanks for the pictures Josephine!

I never heard of him. Who is he?

From Hello magazine, I was unable to find a profile of Emauele Filiberto specifically, but here is some info on his family.

Exhiled Italian Royals Plan Further Visits Home in 2003

6 JANUARY 2003
Victor Emmanuel of Savoy has been relaxing at home in Switzerland after his first trip to Italy in 56 years. And the exiled Italian royal, who said arriving in Rome was "the best Christmas gift I could have received," has promised to make a more lengthy visit to his home country next month.

Whether the Italian people will greet the homecoming with enthusiasm remains to be seen, although the former royal family's right to return – albeit as laypeople – to their country is now widely accepted.

The family's reign came to an end after World War II when Italy voted for the formation of a republic and all male heirs of the house of Savoy were banned from Italian soil.

Victor's grandfather, King Victor Emmanuel III, had been condemned for collaborating with Benito Mussolini's anti-semitic race laws and the family went into exile in 1946. The parliament overturned the ban last year, though there is no possibility of the Savoys returning as a monarchy. Victor Emmanuel has renounced all claim to the throne and recognised the "incontrovertible reality" of the republic.

But though their titles may be gone, the family's celebrity endures, as Victor Emmanuel's son Emmanuel Filiberto will no doubt find out. The blond-haired financier is already a celebrity in Italy despite the fact that last month's visit was his first ever trip to the country. The 30-year-old, who is a passionate Juventas fan, has appeared on football discussion programmes and even popped up in an advertisement for olives in which he told consumers they could "feel like a king".

www.hello.com - Getting their Italian passports.

www.hello.com - Father and son

Thanks Alexandra for the fill in. Emanuele Filiberto is so cute though. Too bad he can't be king.

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Mille Miglia Classic Race-Brescia

www.ibl.se Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy with his father Victor Emmanuel and mother Marina, Princes Michel and Serge of Yugoslavia 03/23/2002. Memorial service for last Italian Kings at de Hautecombe Abbey © Alain Morvan / Gamma 714252

www.ibl.se Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy, Princes Serge and Michel of Yugoslavia 03/23/2002. Memorial service for last Italian Kings at de Hautecombe Abbey © Alain Morvan / Gamma 714252

Oh, I forgot to add- Thanks Josefine for starting this thread and adding all this wonderful pictures!! B)

It's now official: they will marry! We don't where and when, but congratulations to both them!

Rex Features - Homepage

AUG 2003 - PRINCE EMANUELE FILIBERTO DI SAVOIA AND FIANCEE CLOTILDE COURAU WITH HIS FATHER, VITTORIO EMANUELE AND JEWELLER FAWAZ ON SUMMER HOLIDAY ON YACHT OFF SARDINIA, ITALY.

thank you Brenda, do you think there will be any royal guests at the wedding?

Hello, Josefine :). I think that there will be royals at their wedding actually because I saw in an article that they plan to have a traditional wedding. It was from a web translation though, so I hope I did interpret it correctly. It also appeared to mention that they're getting married in October, yay, if so another royal wedding :clap:. Also, I've seen somewhere that Emanuele considers marriage to be very important in his life, so if he is at all that romantic, I'm quite sure that he would choose to have that kind of wedding.

thanks for the info

so she may have a bit of a belly at the wedding

I think, Josefine, that she shouldn't look exactly like a twig if they get married before she has the baby. I saw an Italian article that appeared to mention that their wedding is in September instead, so, hmmmm....I guess eventually is actually when they're getting married....lol

Here's a pic of Clotilde's engagement ring.
Picture from IBL
Many, many thanks to Xicamaluca for alerting us that there were actual pics of the ring available :)

Another pic from the ring ;)

from Telegraph.co.uk

Heir to Italian throne prepares for first royal wedding in 70 years


Marriage to a beautiful French actress could be a first step in ending Prince's exile. Charlotte Eagar meets him in Rome **

In Britain, they channel their energies into gardening and riding. In Holland, they travel by bicycle to prove that they are of the people. But, conforming to a national stereotype, the Italian royal family, exiled from their homeland for 60 years, prefer fast cars and beautiful women.

Emmanuele Filiberto, 30-year-old Prince of Venice, great-grandson of Italy's wartime King Vittorio Emmanuele III, and heir to the Italian throne had his family not been banished, races cars for Mitsubishi.

His fine-boned fiancee, the French actress Clothilde Courau, 34,will be six months pregnant when she walks up the aisle in Rome on Thursday to be married. In a very Italian way, nobody is sure how many people will turn up to a wedding only agreed upon last month. "Did we ask the Pope?" Emmanuele (as he likes to be called) asks his press officer.

"You can't invite the Pope to a wedding." "OK. Mainly I am inviting friends. I don't want this to be too royal. We have invited Silvio Berlusconi [the Italian Prime Minister]. He has not replied yet, but then I sent the invitations out only last week."

Short notice or not, until last year it would have been impossible for the couple, who met competing in a celebrity pentathlon in Monte Carlo three years ago, to be married in Rome. The House of Savoy, the former Italian royal family, had been banished since the monarchy was abolished by referendum after the Second World War. The king was considered by many Italians to have abandoned his people when he fled Rome in September 1943, after surrendering to the Allies.

However, the Italian parliament revoked the act of banishment last year. In December, for the first time in their lives, Emmanuele Filiberto and his father returned from exile in Switzerland. "It was incredible, coming back," he says. "I am Italian. I feel Italian but I never knew Italy until then.

"I am longing now to live in Italy, to discover Italy. Clothilde, the baby and I will discover Italy together. I want to raise my baby in Italy. I have citizenship now."

Ah yes. The baby. "At the beginning, my parents were quite shocked. We even had some arguments but they began to understand my point of view. They realised I was happy so they accepted the marriage.

"It would be a lie to say that the baby didn't make the decision to get married easier," he says. "People say [Clothilde] did it on purpose and so on, but today when you don't want to have a baby you don't have a baby." However, he does concede that it was "a surprise, but a wonderful surprise".

He wants the marriage celebrations (cocktails for about 2,000 guests, then a private dinner for 200 at the Roman palazzo of a long-term Savoy supporter) to be a "popular wedding". "It's a thank you for the Italian monarchists."

The last royal wedding in Italy was held in 1930, when Umberto II - Emmanuele's grandfather and the last king - married Maria Jose of Belgium. This time round, the Queen did not receive an invitation but the Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles did. He likes the Prince very much. "I met him in Saudi Arabia," he says. "They are not coming but they both wrote lovely letters."

Holding the wedding in Italy is bound to attract hostile attention from anti-monarchists. Although the December visit was a quiet affair, - the family flew in, saw the Pope, and left again - the grand homecoming three months later did not go entirely smoothly. In Naples, where Prince Victor Emmanuel was born, and from where his family sailed into exile in 1946, noisy demonstrations were staged by two traditionally opposing factions: anti-monarchists on one hand, and supporters of the Bourbon Kings of Naples, whose family was deposed when Italy was united in 1861 under the House of Savoy. Emmanuele brushes the protests aside. "A big fuss was made, but actually there were only about 20 people against us. It was fine."

Italians believe that Emanuele is heir to a vast fortune running into hundreds of millions of pounds, most of which was accumulated through a Lloyds of London payout after the family took out insurance against losing the throne. It has forfeited its claims on its palaces and estates in Italy and is backtracking on its demands for the return of the crown jewels.

In general, the family do not seem to be hated in Italy - just not respected. Prince Victor Emmanuele's reputation has never recovered since he was accused of killing a German tourist who was shot in Corsica in 1978, even though the prince was cleared by a French court after spending 23 days in jail while the death was investigated.

Rumours abound about the family, mainly because they are unknown quantities to most Italians. Emmanuele, according to the chatter, is gay ("I would say so outright if I was, but I am not," he responds) and a bit dim. He is a consultant to a Swiss bank, but Italians are keen to know why he worked for three years as a commentator on an Italian football programme, broadcasting by satellite from Switzerland. His answer suggests that he is actually quite shrewd: "So [Italians] would know who I was: just a normal guy."

Do "normal guys" wear monogrammed ("EF"), striped shirts? In Italy, stylish ones do. And despite being brought up abroad, Emmanuele seems terribly Italian - in his clothes and his actions. He talks of settling down happily with Clothilde but seems reluctant to give up racing fast cars. He also admits that in December, when his bride is due to give birth, he will be at the jet ski world championships in Africa.

Clothilde is not happy with that. "I have tried everything to convince him not to do it," she says. "Every woman in the world will understand: being pregnant, your husband in Africa, on a jet ski, risking his life. And I'm going to be by myself, learning Italian, living in Rome. I hope I am not too stressed for the baby."

Emmanuele is currently based in Geneva, but he and Clothilde intend to live in Rome. He looks mildly shifty when asked if he plans to go into politics. "I don't think so, but maybe I will move into the humanitarian side." As for thrones, he shrugs. "We'll see. Italy has been a republic for 60 years. That doesn't mean I must forget who I am and the name I bear, but I must look forward."

Emmanuele was previously engaged to Natasha Geitling, an American who worked at Sotheby's. When he met Clothilde at the pentathlon, he had to do all the chasing. The star of 25 films, she has been twice nominated for a Cesar, France's answer to the Oscars. "We fenced against each other," he remembers. "I said, 'You really have the eye of the tiger'. And that started long months of running after her." Clothilde says that Emmanuele pressed hard for the marriage. "It's because I love him that I find myself in this situation." And she gestures at her bump.

"Everything is so new in my life now.You can't compare this" - she gestures again at the bump - "with being an actress. This is a life."

Intresting article Lyonnaise ... So those pregnancy rumours weren't rumours afterall!

... If I were Clothilde I would definitely put my foot down about the father of my baby being in another city (let alone country) while I was giving birth (let alone the part about risking his life). It's her first baby and first of all, not to have someone share that momentous occasion when your baby comes into the world is a pretty big deal. And of course, I would want my husband to know how incredulous the pain of childbirth is! :P

... Can anyone tell me what the Italian consensus on the wedding is? With Emanuelle marrying a French-born actress (rather than an Italian girl) and the wedding taking place at this particular time because she is pregnant? I know Italians are fairly traditional and if the Italian royal family ever (don't know if it is even a possibility) were to be welcomed back in their roles, this is surely no way to do it??? :unsure:

will she be Princess Clotilde

According to Point de Vue, she will be Princess Clotilde de Savoie. Here's the cover of last week's issue. I'm disappointed that they're calling her the New Grace Kelly. Sure they were both actresses and both married princes, but that's where the similarity ends in my opinion. I just don't see Clotilde having the same *wow* as Princess Grace.

Interesting articles. Very interesting. Thank you for posting the, Lyonnaise. :)

Clotilde is a lovely woman and may also be an actress as Grace was but that's about as far as the comparisson can go IMHO. She is lovely and seems to be a good match for E-F, though.

I don't know a lot about her, but she just seems to lack that certain je ne c'est quoi that Grace Kelly had. I can't put it into words exactly, but Grace had a certain air of elegance and class that was beyond words. Sort of like Jackie Kennedy. And I just don't see it in Clothilde (nor did I see it in Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy). And I don't buy for a minute that it's something Clothilde will come into in later years. Grace and Jackie had it from the get-go, they didn't develop it over years in the public spotlight or wake up with that grace and elegance just because they married into statured families.

(ANSA) ROMA, 20 SET - Al via la macchina organizzativa per il matrimonio di Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia e l' attrice francese Clotilde Courau, pronto anche il piano sicurezza. Il prefetto di Roma,Serra sta coordinando le operazioni. Il matrimonio si celebrera' il 25 settembre, alle 17, a S.Maria degli Angeli,in piazza della Repubblica transennata. Nella chiesa,potranno entrare solo i 1.200 invitati e i giornalisti accreditati. Seguira' un cocktail sulla terrazza dell' hotel Exedra,che si trova di fronte alla basilica.

www.hellomagazine.com

Prince Emmanuel Set to Marry

24 SEPTEMBER 2003
In what might be the most quickly-planned royal wedding in history – the engagement took place earlier this summer, the invitations sent out just over a week ago – Emmanuel Filiberto, the exiled crown prince of Italy, is set to wed French actress Clotilde Courau on Thursday.

The 30-year-old prince and his six-months' pregnant bride – who met in a celebrity event in Monte Carle three years ago – will walk down the aisle in Rome, at the historic Basilica di Santa Maria degli Angeli. The ceremony, according to Emmanuel, won't be "too royal".

Cocktails for 2,000 and a private dinner for 200 are on the agenda. "Mainly I am inviting friends," Emmanuel told the Sunday Telegraph. "I don't want this to be too royal. We have invited Silvio Berlusconi. He has not replied yet, but then I sent the invitiations out only last week." Among the guests will be Prince Albert of Monaco, Johnny Hallyday, John Malkovich, and fashion designers Pierre Cardin and Valentino. Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles were also invited, but are unable to attend.

In addition to the celebrity-laden guest list, glamour is reflected in some of the details of the wedding as well. The 34-year-old bride will wear a Valentino gown along with a diamond tiara belonging to the House of Savoy, and the couple will exchange Damiani rings famously designed for the Italian jeweller by Hollywood actor Brad Pitt.

The last royal wedding in Italy was held more than 70 years ago when the prince's grandfather, King Umberto II married Maria Jose of Belgium. While the Italian royal family were legally banned from Italy after WWII, the government revoked the act of banishment last year, and Emmanuel and his father returned to their ancestral homeland from Switzerland.

www.hellomagazine.com

www.hellomagazine.com - Clotilde from last spring.

Italian 'prince' to wed actress


Filiberto rejects reports that his fiancee is an "anarcho-communist"
The grandson of Italy's last king is to marry a French actress this week, after overcoming his parents' opposition.
Emmanuele Filiberto, who was allowed back into the country earlier this year, will marry Clotilde Courau in a basilica created by Michelangelo.

The bride, who is six months pregnant, was initially viewed with disaste by Filiberto's father, Vittorio Emmanuel, because of her left-wing views.

"After two weeks of cold war, love and good sense prevailed," Filiberto said.

The 31-year-old banker said media reports that his fiancee was an "anarcho-communist" were speculation.

Guest list

However he acknowledged that she was "much closer to the culture of the Left than to mine, which is more moderate."


Vittorio Emmanuel and wife Marina Doria opposed Filiberto's choice
More than 1,000 guests have been invited to the wedding, which takes place on Thursday, including fashion designer Pierre Cardin and French rock star Johnny Hallyday.

Courau will sport a Valentino dress, a diamond tiara and gems belonging to the House of Savoy.

Prince Albert of Monaco, who introduced the couple three years ago, will be a witness.

The basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels, built on the ruins of the Diocletian baths, is where Filiberto's great grandfather King Victor Emmanuel III married Helen of Montenegro in 1896.

A constitutional ban which kept the male Savoy heirs out of Italy for more than half a century was lifted late last year at the same time as the family condemned Mussolini's race laws.

The last Savoy monarch approved the laws which marked the start of the persecution and deportation of Italian Jews during World War II.

http://news2000.libero.it/fotogallery/fg1075/pg1.html

http://news2000.libero.it/fotogallery/fg1092/pg1.html (caution may contain some nudity.)

Royalist fury as prince marries socialist actress
By Bruce Johnston in Rome and Philip Delves Broughton in Paris
(Filed: 26/09/2003)


There was anger among Italy's conservative monarchists yesterday as Prince Emmanuel-Filiberto, second in line to the country's defunct throne, married Clotilde Courau, a French actress who is six months pregnant - and a socialist - in Rome.


Prince Emmanuel-Filiberto and Clotilde Courau at their wedding
Their hopes for a return to the glory days of the House of Savoy, whose members were allowed back into Italy last year, were dashed by a wedding criticised in Italy for being more appropriate for a footballer than a prince.

In a newspaper interview published yesterday, Emmanuel-Filiberto, 32, lashed out at critics of his bride. "First of all, Clotilde is not a communist," he said. Then referring to sniggers about her film career, he said: "Secondly, let any actress today who has not appeared in a film with her tits in the breeze, please raise her hand."

He added "I wanted the child. I have nothing to hide." Many of Europe's royalty turned down the invitation to the basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli, as did several of Emmanuel-Filiberto's own family because of inheritance rows with his father, Victor Emmanuel.

Among the prince's titles is that of Duke of Venice, but he chose to marry in Rome in order to re-establish links with his family's past. It was in the same basilica that his great grandparents, King Victor Emmanuel III and Elena of Montenegro, were married in 1896.

Mlle Courau, 34, has made 23 films and appeared on stage in Paris. She comes from the working class Parisian suburb of Aubervilliers and remains proudly Left-wing.

Savoy Royal Family in Florence
Is this the honeymoon?

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pictures taken Yesterday

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I saw some pictures of Emanuelle at a disco opening.They were from October 1 and he was alone.
Did the honeymoon end so soon? And where is her preagnant wife?

no pix from the wed ? We could follow the whole ceremony, here in Italy, on Sky 24 TV , she was so beautiful, she will be a real Princess, King Umberto II would have liked her so much, she has charm and elegance, I loved him , too, he looked so young and happy.

Pics of the wedding are in something royal, something blue.

EF seems to have been in a motor accident today, he has a broken leg and ??
anyone who can translate ?
link - in italian

Lukasz wrote at the FIRMB:
"He had a motorbike accident when going to his work in Geneva. His arm and leg are broken and he stays in hosptal but his life is not in danger."

So I guess EF will be fine :)

does anyone know when the baby is due....
it should be soon

I believe she's scheduled to deliver the baby by Caesarian-section on the 21st of this month. The baby will be born in Geneva rather than in Rome as had been planned.

Any news on the Savoy baby??

Princess Clotilde of Savoy has given birth yesterday in Genève at 19:32 to a baby girl, who has been given the name, according to the Corriere della Serra, Vittoria (in honour of her grand-father Vittorio-Emmanuele) Cristina Adelaide Chiara Maria.

Congratulations to the couple! More girl power in royal births this year!

The new baby girl has some beautiful middle names in Adelaide Chiara.

Is there a historical significance to the middle names as well as the first name being for her paternal grandfather?

Congratulations to them and I hope she is recovering fine and I hope he is doing well now after his accident.

Congratulations to the new parents!

From HELLO!

29 DECEMBER 2003
Emmanuel Filiberto of Italy and his wife of three months, French actress Clotilde Courau, are celebrating the birth of a daughter, the family said in a statement on Monday.

The couple welcomed the little girl, reportedly named Maria Cristina, in Geneva early on Sunday evening.

A six months' pregnant Clotilde wed Emmanuel, who is the grandson of the last king of Italy, in Rome on September 25.

More than 1,200 guests attended the nuptials at the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli, with notable figures such as designer Pierre Cardin and rock star Johnny Hallyday among the invitees and Prince Albert of Monaco acting as best man.

Maria Cristina was the supposed name, but all the italian newpapers are saying Vittoria.

Congratulations to the new parents!

the new born of Savoia has got the name of Cristina , as P Cristina Belgioioso, her ancestor, and Queen Adelaide, the wife of our 1st King of Italy, King Vittorio Emanuele II, though she was already dead in 1860, when he became King, so she was only Queen of Piemonte , I think she was the sister of the Emperor of France.

so she will be a princess?

Yahoo News

Wife of Italian prince has baby daughter
Mon Dec 29,10:23 AM ET

ROME (AFP) - The grandson of the last king of Italy, Emmanuele Filiberto, and his French-born wife, Clotilde Courau, have become parents to a baby girl, the family said in a statement.

The daughter, born at 18:32 GMT in Geneva on Sunday, was named Vittoria Cristina Adelaide Chiara Maria.

Filiberto and Courau, a 31-year-old actress, were married in Rome on September 25.

In March, the prince swore loyalty to the Italian Republic under a new law which allowed descendants of former king Victor Emmanuele II to return to Italy after decades of exile.

Will Vittoria get a royal title?

Maby she will and maby she wont. I realy don´t know.
But i do know that she wont be the furtur Queen of Italiy.

Is Vittoria's situation (title-wise) like that of Prince Pavlos and Princess Marie-Chantal's children's situation in that neither Princes have countries to rule over (once they succeed their fathers)? In Pavlos and Marie-Chantal's situation all their children were given titles: Princess Maria Olympia, Prince Konstantine, Prince Achilleas-Andreas. So would that make Vittoria a Princess, too, (if not a future Queen).

any pics available yet??

Is Vittoria's situation (title-wise) like that of Prince Pavlos and Princess Marie-Chantal's children's situation in that neither Princes have countries to rule over (once they succeed their fathers)? In Pavlos and Marie-Chantal's situation all their children were given titles: Princess Maria Olympia, Prince Konstantine, Prince Achilleas-Andreas. So would that make Vittoria a Princess, too, (if not a future Queen). [/b][/quote]
Hehe maby but you must remember that CP Pavlos and CP Marie Chantal´s chrildren are princes and princess of Grece and Denmark.
It all began when King Christian 9.´s son prince "i cant rember his name :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :innocent: :innocent: " became king of Greace.

Yes true but, Emanuelle-Filibritto (whoa spelling way off) is a Prince and Clothilde was made Princess by marriage through him, then there is no reason why little Vittoria shouldn't be made a Princess or excuse me given the title. She is after all her fathers daughter!

If that were the case in for Pavlos and MC's children then technacly they would only be Prince/ess' of Denmark and NOT Greece.... Because their father will never be king, so if you think about it, they shouldn't be Prince/ess of Greece, but, only Denmark because Denmark is a Kingdom where as Greece is done for!

Well my friend.
Thats the same with CP Marie Chantal she became first CP when shee was marying CP Pavlos,so i thinkk that the littel baby girl for Clotilde and Emmanuele-filiberto are going to be a princess BUT she are not going to be a queen in Italy.
Thats the same with CP Pavlos,CP Marie Chantal and ther children they will never be king or queen of Grece unles the pubalesion of Grece are saying yes or no to them.

;) What a sweet picture of the family!! Hopefully we'll see a close-up of baby soon.

Emmanuele Filiberto really looks like he is rough shape and I am glad that he is getting better. Let's hope he sticks to his promises for his family's sake.

AS Italian TV gave the news of her birth, speaker said she will be Princess Vittoria, but could never be a Queen of Italy , should Monarchty rule again in Italy, as she's a female, females can't reign in Italy- Legge Salica-

That is a terribly sweet photo of EF, Clotilde and their little girl!

I do have a question, though. I was on Brigitte's website (wonderful website it is, too!): www.worldroots.com and it listed the Savoy baby's name as Princess Sylvia Freda de Savoie. :blink: Here's the link: http://worldroots.com/brigitte/famous/s/sy...voieanc2004.htm. A little confusing, no??

That is very confusing! I think the gentleman has it wrong as the date of birth is also not quite right. The little girl was born on December 28 not January 4th..

I think I would trust that BBC would have the most accurate information..But, correct if I am wrong.:)

Pictures of Vittoria in Point De Vue..Looks quite promising.:)

Link:

http://www.pointdevue.fr/media/fr/en...vcouv88204.jpg

That's too bad that the little beauty may never be Queen. If the family were ever reinstated, they should change the laws and allow her to become queen, just like most other monarchies..... except for the time being of Luxembourg and Japan.

Yes, so true..Perhaps things may change over the years.

Considering the century we're in it would only be fair for women to have equal succession rights..Here is to hoping that Luxembourg and Japan may consider changing their laws..Japan might just have to do this!

That is a funny picture! It looks like the prince was the one who gave birth and that's the reason why he's in the wheelchair! Reverse-situation, no? :lol:

:P I kinda thought the same..:)

Then again it would have looked really strange for both them to be in a wheelchair.hehe..

I only hope P Vittoria will learn to speak her own language instead of French- we have accepted our RF back, but we all want them to be Italian- P E. Filiberto speaks a very good Italian , with a Northern accent, it does not matter as Savoias are from Piemonte, up in the North, but his father speaks Italian with a French accent though he lived til he was 9 in his own country, his wife is Swiss, though she doe speak Italian- P Vittoria's mum is French- they want to be accepted as our Ruling Family, ok, but apart from P E. Filiberto, no1 bothered to learn their own language properly, ther's so much hate to the Savoias, so ,plz, , hope baby Vittoria will learn Italian as 1st language , the language of her Ancestors, be4e French. It was very bad for us all as every1 expected her to be born in Rome, but she was born in Geneva, they will never have their ppl back this way.

A bigger pic of the little family..I hope to see a close -up of the baby soon..
Has anyone bought Point De Vue or Ohla? It takes forever here in Canada to arrive..:(



Photo De La Semaine-Ohla Magazine

Congratulations Princess Clotilde And Emmanuele-filiberto

I looked on the Le Matin for the article a couple of days ago with the photos and it wasn't there. I know they were supposed to have one. O, well. I like the Point de Vue one. Nice.

new mother and father

are savoia really hated in italy?i once asked an italian friend about them ,he said italians have nothing against them but in general,they refuse the monarchy and prefer republic.

The new princess is adorable, but, no word on any godparents yet :)

post images of the actress that turned princess and now mother

no details, but definately in her actress past

one more, not my favourite

one more

clotilde

with her husband

...

a royal belly...a fist

lovers, litterally, since not married at that point

...

....posing...

...

did they have paparazzis on the boat??

mother in law smoking next to pregnant daughter in law...nice...

the young family

but before that: the actual wedding did take place

the couple after the ceremony

adorned with family jewels

daughter vittoria

her little feet...too cute

Oh, I loved that last pic!! Those tiny feet!! Thanks! :)

Great photos of the princess!

I just like love these types of photos ~ as "nature" intended. This is what "life" is all about if one really thinks about it. :heart: :heart: :heart:


Elizajane

I just like love these types of photos ~ as "nature" intended. This is what "life" is all about if one really thinks about it. :heart: :heart: :heart:


Elizajane [/b][/quote]
Actually, the above comment goes with the photo of Clothile, who is standing in the water with Edouard bending down in the water, touching her tummy.

EJ

edouard? you mean the Prince of Venice? his name's Emanuelle Filiberto. Or am I looking at the wrong picture?

The new site of Prince Emanuele Filiberto:


http://www.disavoia.it/#

This is a great photo of Clothilde ~ but "something" about her makes me wonder ~ and, it's about her "age". Others may not agree with me, (which you have a perfect right to), but she looks much older than her husband ~ and, nothing is wrong with that! However, I first noticed it in the wedding photos ~ To me, she looks about 10 years older than her husband, "Filberto". Just thought I'd mention it.

Elizajane

That website is loud and really annoying.

I agree. She looks much older than she really is.

How old is Clotilde?
Noel

She's 34. Could be 35 now, depending on her birthday. I'm not sure when it is. Does anyone else know?

"Mrs. Warren's Profession"? Interesting choice for the princess. Well, she breaks all of the rules!

(Corbis) HRH Victor Emmanuel of Savoy, HRH Marina of Savoy, HRH Princess Clotilde Courau, HRH Emmanuel Filiberto of Savoy attend the premiere of the play "La Profession de Madame Warren" ("Mrs. Warren's Occupation").

Family, 1

Family, 2

Victor Emmanuel tries to get a word in

Family, 3

Family, 4

Filiberto and Clotilde, 1

Filiberto and Clotilde, 2

Filiberto and Clotilde, 3

Clotilde, 1

Clotilde, 2

Clotilde, 3

Savoys, 1

Emmanuel Filiberto

Clotilde on stage with cast

Clotilde with actress Judith Magre

Wonderful pictures Lyonnaise! I'll be honest, I have never really thought that Clotilde was really very attractive, but she looks really lovely in the photographs. I like her hair length. It looks really nice on her.

I agree Gabriella. I've never found Clotilde to be very pretty either, but in these pictures she is quite striking. Maybe it's the shorter hair that makes her seem a bit more vibrant than usual.

That's what I thought too, but I wasn't going to say it! Thanks!